Becky Therian, The Animal Touch,
will be on site all weekend to massage our dogs (my dogs love her
massages!)

Janine Pollard will have her designer leashes and collars at the trial

FUNDRAISERS FOR MELINDA SCHNEIDER

Melinda’s Multiple Sclerosis has progressively
advanced to the point she is wheelchair bound.

All proceeds from
Friday night run throughs will go to help fund a wheelchair ramp for her
home and other needed modifications.

Also, we'll be
raffling off a wooden jump and a 10' tunnel this weekend - see Lisa Norris
for tickets.

June 13, 2011 - confirmations have gone out!

Hello,
Everyone!
Thank you for entering the June 18-19, 2011 CPE trial hosted by AgileDogs
Agility Training. This is your entry confirmation. Your individual
entry confirmation will come in a separate email shortly. Please be
sure to look at it closely and let me know of any errors or move ups.
We have 214 dogs entered for 699 runs on Saturday and 623 runs on Sunday.

This trial
is full to capacity! We are going to do our best to move the trial
along efficiently while making sure everyone has a safe and successful run
and gets their time in the ring. Walk throughs will be timed at 7
minutes all weekend long. We will be counting on our volunteers (thank
you so, so much!) to help make the weekend go smoothly. Please listen
to both the general briefing in the morning and the judge’s class briefings
for ways we can make the trial run more efficiently.

Awards:

Perfect
weekend rosettes will be awarded to teams achieving Q’s in all 10 runs.

Run
Throughs Friday Afternoon:

We will
have run throughs on a CPE standard course, 2 levels nested, $5 for the
first run, $3 for each additional run of the same dog; each dog will get 2
minutes in the ring. Toys may be used, but please no treats since
we’ll be using the ring for the trial the whole weekend long. Dogs
should be comfortable on equipment; no other pre-requisites to come and
play! No pre-registration required.

Walk
throughs will begin at 4 pm, first dog on the line at 4:30. We'll
rotate through jump heights and have subsequent walk throughs. Run
throughs will end at or around 7 PM.

If you'd
like to volunteer to help with run throughs, please contact Trisha at
trisha@agiledogs.net. Volunteers will get 2 free runs in the run
throughs for helping out. Jobs include taking money, facilitating the
running order, setting bars, and running leashes. Volunteers must help
for at least 90 minutes to get their free runs. Thank you!

Saturday:
Check-in and measuring will be from 7:00 – 7:30
General / Judges’ briefing 7:30

Sunday
Check-in and measuring will be from 7:15 – 7: 30
General / Judges’ briefing 7:30

Measuring:
See the website (www.agiledogs.net)
for the list of dogs who will need to get measured at this trial.

TENTATIVE
CLASS SCHEDULE:

The
following class, level, and height order is tentative, and subject to change
if necessary.

Saturday, June 18 (Heights 4” to 24”)

Sandy Ring – Jeff Boyer

Standard Round 1: 1, 2, 3, 45C

Standard Round 2: 1, 2, 3, 45C

Crystal Ring – Denielle Stasa

FullHouse all levels

Wildcard 12, 345C

Snooker 345C, 12

Sunday, June 19 (Heights 24” to 4”)

Sandy Ring – Denielle Stasa

Standard Round 1: 45C, 3, 2, 1

Standard Round 2: 45C, 23, 1

Crystal Ring – Jeff Boyer

Jackpot 12, 3, 45C

Colors 12, 345C

Jumpers 12, 345C

There will
be NO measuring of dogs AFTER the Judges Briefing begins each day – ALL DOGS
WITHOUT A PERMANENT HEIGHT CARD MUST BE MEASURED before the Judges’ Briefing
in order to show that day – THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

CATALOGS:

Only a few
copies of the run catalog will be available at the trial. The catalog
will be available for download and printing on Wednesday night at
www.agiledogs.net

Volunteers:

The
volunteer schedule will be posted on the AgileDogs website by Wednesday.
Thanks to all who volunteered!

Please do
not worry about conflicts between classes you’re working and classes you’re
running in. All workers will be accommodated. You can move your
dog within a class to make sure you have time to concentrate on having a
successful run with your 4-footed partner.

If your job
for a given class is timer, scribe, assistant scribe, or gate steward,
please report to the chief ring steward when the briefing for the class
begins, so you can prepare for your job and so the judge can brief you if
needed – thanks! If your job is anything not already mentioned, you
can report any time before or during the walk through.

Vendors:

There will
be vendors at the trial. Please see the website for more details.

Food:

We are
pleased to again have Pork n Jojo’s (a.k.a. Eric and Joanne Lapine), and
they will be offering breakfast and lunch all weekend. Volunteers will
get lunch tickets good at the food vendor.

MOVE-UPS
- CLOSING DATE:

During the trial, move-ups in Standard will be taken at the show, and must
be submitted to the Show Secretary before the completion of the last class
of the day. Thank you for your cooperation.

The deadline for contacting the secretary with move ups or corrections
before the trial is the end of day on Tuesday, June 14th.
Any changes to entries made after that date will be subject to a $5 service
change fee.

Shatford Park is located in New Lebanon,
street address is just north of 14755 Route 22.

From the South:
Take the New York State Thruway North to exit 21A, the "Berkshire Spur",
and get off at exit B3 (Austerlitz/New Lebanon). * Follow signs for
Route 22 North. Take Route 22 North for approximately 9 miles to the
town of
New Lebanon. At the red blinking light take a
right to stay on Route 22 North. **About a mile later, take a left just
before the boarded up Gas Station to stay on Route 22 North; go 3/4
mile, past
NewLebanonCentralSchool.You’ll see the park on the left.Go past the park and take a left after the
NewLebanonTown Hall
onto
Old Post Road.Go 0.2 miles to the park entrance on the left.

From the West:
Take the New York State Thruway to exit 24,
Albany. Stay on I-90 (this
is a no-toll section) until exit 11E, which is Route 20 East.Turn right onto 20 East, and follow it for approximately 17
miles; go straight through the blinking yellow light in New Lebanon.Follow directions from ** above.

From the North:Take Route 22 South.Go through the towns of
Berlin and Stephentown.1.8 miles after passing into
ColumbiaCounty, take
Old Post Road on the
right (at the base of the hill).Be careful, as the road comes up on you quickly.Go 0.2 miles to the park entrance on the left.

From the
East: Take the Mass Turnpike to the
New YorkState line, where it becomes the New York
Thruway. Take the very first exit in
New York, Exit B3 (Austerlitz/New Lebanon),
and follow directions from * above.